Kiss Me if You Can — Chapter 6

DADDY! GOOD MORNING!

GOOD MORNING, PETE! ARE YOU BEHAVING FOR GRANDMA?

YUP! ARE YOU DOING OKAY?

OF COURSE-

DADDY'S DOING JUST FINE.

WEEK ONE OF GUARDING CHASE MILLER.

AT THIS POINT, I CAN’T TELL IF I’M HIS BODYGUARD

OR HIS PERSONAL SERVANT.

ONE WEEK EARLIER.

SO...

THESE ARE ALL THE CONTRACT TERMS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW DURING THE JOB?

YES, ALL OF THEM.

BREAKFAST MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE CLIENT’S ROOM EVERY MORNING AFTER CONFIRMING HE’S AWAKE BY PHONE?

ALL OTHER MEALS PROVIDED ON REQUEST?

ARE WE BODYGUARDS OR LIVE-IN MAIDS?

WELL, YOU CAN'T JUST LET HIM STARVE. LOOK AROUND.

THE HOUSE IS EMPTY–NO MAIDS, NO STAFF.

APPARENTLY, NO ONE COULD DEAL WITH HIS PERSONALITY AND EVERYONE QUIT. DO YOU THINK ANYONE ELSE IS GOING TO WORK HERE?

NO TALKING TO HIM UNLESS SPOKEN TO FIRST. DON'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

DON'T WALK BEHIND HIM. DON'T WALK IN FRONT OF HIM?

STAY AT LEAST FIVE YARDS AWAY UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR PROTECTION?

...DO I SERIOUSLY HAVE TO MEMORIZE ALL THIS?

YES, MAKE SURE YOU KNOW IT ALL.

AFTER A WEEK OF FOLLOWING THE CONTRACT:

SETH STARTED LOSING HAIR FROM STRESS,

Agh! It keeps falling off!

My pants are loose..

ISAAC DROPPED SEVEN POUNDS,

what the hell...?!

AND HENRY GOT HIS FOREHEAD STITCHED UP AFTER BEING HIT WITH CHASE'S PHONE.

Reason for injury: Blocking Chase's path.

THERE SEEM TO BE MORE RULES NOW THAN WHEN I WORKED HIS SECURITY DETAIL LAST TIME.

HE WASN'T THIS UPTIGHT BACK THEN.

PETE, IS GRANDMA DOING OKAY?

UH-HUH... BUT SHE PUT BEANS IN THE SCRAMBLED EGGS THIS MORNING.

OH NO. BUT GOOD BOYS EAT EVERYTHING ON THEIR PLATES SO THEY CAN GROW BIG AND STRONG.

JOSH, IT'S YOUR SHIFT.

GOT IT.

PETE, TELL GRANDMA I SAID HI-

DADDY... WHEN ARE YOU COMING HOME?

...IF YOU EAT ALL YOUR BEANS AND CARROTS LIKE A GOOD BOY, I'LL BE ABLE TO COME HOME SOONER.

REALLY?

REALLY.

THEN I'LL EAT EVERYTHING! I'LL BE GOOD!

THAT'S MY BOY. DADDY WILL SEE YOU SOON.

YOU REALLY LIKE KIDS THAT MUCH?

YOU'D UNDERSTAND IF YOU HAD ONE.

MAYBE.

ANYWAY, I'M OFF TO WORK.

TAKE CARE.

I'VE ALREADY CHECKED THE MAIN HOUSE...

MIGHT AS WELL DO A QUICK ROUND OF THE GUESTHOUSE.

THIS WHOLE JOB IS MOSTLY FOR SHOW ANYWAY.

WITH THE AUTOMATED SECURITY SYSTEM RUNNING 24/7,

THE WIDE-OPEN GROUNDS, AND COUNTLESS CCTV CAMERAS,

GUARDING THE ESTATE IS EASY

AS LONG AS CHASE DOESN’T LEAVE.

THE HARDEST PART IS DEALING WITH HIM.

HE'S NOT DROWNING?

YOU'VE GOT A DEATH WISH, DON'T YOU?

HUH?

DAMN IT, WHAT KIND OF STRENGTH-

YOU CRAZY BASTARD!

UGH!!

COUGH COUGH!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? ARE YOU INSANE?!

YOU CAME WITHIN MY FIVE-YARD RADIUS.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE DROWNING!

I THOUGHT YOU WERE DYING!

DID I ASK YOU TO SAVE ME?

GODDAMN IT! THEN WHY THE HELL DID YOU HIRE A BODYGUARD?

IF YOU'RE SO KEEN ON DYING, JUST DO IT ALONE SOMEWHERE, YOU LUNATIC!

NOT SO EASY TO DIE WHEN THERE ARE ASSHOLES AROUND TO STOP IT.

HAA.

SO YOU HIRED ME TO STOP YOU, HUH?

IF YOU'RE GOING TO DIE, DO IT PROPERLY WHERE NO ONE CAN SEE YOU!

THAT WAY YOU WON'T FAIL!

DAMN IT! I MUST'VE LOST MY MIND WORRYING ABOUT HIM!

SHIT!